Odisha Assembly speaker Niranjan Pujari, on Tuesday, suspended Congress MLA Naba Kishore Das for seven days for watching porn clips inside the assembly on his mobile phone during the Question Hour in the Assembly on Monday, a charge denied by the MLA.
BJD MLA Pramila Mallick had demanded action against Naba Kishore Das.
“The Congress member allegedly watched an adult video inside the House. It is a matter of shame for all of us, particularly the women members. I demand strong action against him and a probe into the matter,” Mallick, also the president of BJD’s women wing, said while drawing the attention of the Speaker.
Outside the Assembly, she said she came to know about the matter from a private television channel, which aired the lawmaker watching the objectionable video inside the House. Meanwhile, the MLA denied the allegation and claimed innocence over the matter. “I will give a clarification in the House tomorrow,” Naba Kishore Das, the MLA from Jharsuguda, told reporters.
Though Das admitted that a certain video opened on its own while he was surfing the internet on his mobile phone, he said, “I have never seen any adult video in my life. It appeared accidentally. I immediately shut it down after I noticed it.” Congress MLA Prafulla Majhi came to the rescue of Das and said he did not find any objectionable material in the video.
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